Givable vs Zeffy

A free platform for nonprofits in six countries, funded by optional donor tips to Zeffy.

The short answer

Zeffy is free to nonprofits and funded by asking every donor to tip Zeffy. Givable is built to grow with you: Stories, email journeys, AI, custom objects, two-way Salesforce sync, PayPal and Venmo, and 135+ currencies, on a published rate your donors can cover.

Last reviewed September 2026. Sources are listed at the end of this page.

At a glance

	Givable	Zeffy
Platform pricing	3%, or 2.5% + $600/mo, plus processing	Free; donors are asked to tip Zeffy
Public pricing	Yes	Yes
Long-term contract	No	No
Self-serve signup	Yes	Yes
Giving surfaces	Stories, forms, recurring, P2P, events	Forms, P2P, events, auctions, memberships
Built-in donor CRM	Yes	Yes
Salesforce (NPSP) sync	Two-way, incl. custom objects	No native sync (Zapier or API)
Custom objects, no code	Yes	Custom properties
Multi-currency	Yes	Account currency only
Open API	Yes	Yes
Built-in AI	Yes	ChatGPT connector (needs ChatGPT Plus)

Zeffy details from Zeffy's own published pages. Last reviewed September 2026. "Not published" means we could not confirm it from an official page.

How pricing works

Zeffy charges nonprofits nothing, including card processing, and asks donors for an optional contribution to Zeffy. Givable charges a published 3% per online gift, with processing billed separately, and donors can choose to cover the fees on their own gift.

	Givable	Zeffy
Platform rate	3%, which donors can cover	$0
How it’s funded	The published rate	An optional tip to Zeffy at checkout
Payment methods	Cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo, ACH, and PADs	Cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and ACH/PAD. No PayPal or Venmo
Where it’s available	135+ currencies	Nonprofits in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and Germany

Worked example. Zeffy is free, and every donor sees a request to tip Zeffy. On Givable, donors see an option to cover the fees on their own gift instead, and you get Stories, journeys, AI, Salesforce sync, and PayPal and Venmo that Zeffy doesn’t offer.

Side by side

What each platform offers on the things nonprofits weigh most, and which has the edge.

Storytelling

Edge: Givable

Givable: Givable Stories: a feed of moments from the field that donors follow and give to.
Zeffy: Campaign and event pages.

Email and automation

Edge: Givable

Givable: Broadcasts and journeys that branch on opens and clicks.
Zeffy: Scheduled email campaigns. Automated sequences aren’t published.

Custom data

Edge: Givable

Givable: Custom objects to model programs, grants, and relationships.
Zeffy: Custom properties on contacts. Custom objects aren’t published.

AI

Edge: Givable

Givable: Ask questions of your data and get drafts where you work, built in, with donor identities kept from the model.
Zeffy: A ChatGPT connector that needs a paid ChatGPT Plus plan, and AI contact cleanup.

Salesforce

Edge: Givable

Givable: Two-way sync with NPSP, including custom objects.
Zeffy: No native Salesforce sync, per its integrations page. Zapier or the API instead.

Payment methods

Edge: Givable

Givable: PayPal and Venmo alongside cards, wallets, and bank transfer.
Zeffy: No PayPal, Venmo, or text-to-give.

International giving

Edge: Givable

Givable: 135+ currencies, and chapters as subaccounts in their own currency.
Zeffy: Six countries, processed in your account’s own currency.

Donor CRM

Even

Givable: Supporters, accounts, leads, tasks, and dynamic lists.
Zeffy: A free CRM with households, saved lists, and up to 1,000,000 contacts.

Fees

Edge: Zeffy

Givable: A published 3% your donors can cover.
Zeffy: Free to nonprofits, funded by donor tips.

Platform

Even

Givable: One modern platform, with giving, the donor CRM, AI, and Stories designed to work together, not bolted on.
Zeffy: “100k+ nonprofits using Zeffy,” by its own count.

Which one fits you

Choose Givable if…

You want to tell your story, with updates donors can follow and give to.
You need email journeys, AI, custom objects, or two-way Salesforce sync.
Your donors expect PayPal or Venmo.
You raise in more than one currency.

Choose Zeffy if…

You are a small nonprofit, and paying nothing matters more than anything else.
Raffles, auctions, and memberships are the core of what you run.

Before you switch

Questions worth asking, whichever way you move.

1Recurring gifts: can card and bank details move processor to processor?
2History: can contacts, households, and gifts be imported?
3Donors: how will you explain moving from a tip to Zeffy to an optional fee cover?
4Integrations: which Zapier connections need rebuilding?

Sources, reviewed September 2026

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